Straight from wiki-land:
Bloomsday (Irish: Lá Bhloom) is a commemoration observed annually on 16 June in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on the same day in Dublin in 1904. The day is a secular holiday in Ireland. The name derives from Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses, and 16 June was the date of Joyce's first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle, when they walked to the Dublin village of Ringsend.
Not that you need an excuse to get off your duff, turn off the television and walk around your neighborhood, getting to know your neighbors and the amazing shops and restaurants that no doubt exist, but if you did, here is a fine excuse to take advantage of the weather and figure out a way to make something good of Monday.
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